elif first_name == "bre" or "Bre"

Question

I tried to make this my elif statement because I got the wrong answer when I did not capitalize my input. So I thought I could add the 'Bre or bre' code and it worked for bre both ways, however it provided the same out put when I typed Sam as the name. 
the elif worked for Bre, bre as well as Sam. Why wouldnt Sam go to the else: statement? 
Heres the code. 
firstname = input("What is your first name?  ")
if firstname == "David":
    print(firstname, "is learning python")
elif firstname == "Bre" or "bre":
    print(firstname, "is learning Python with fellow students in the community.")
else:
    print("You should totally learn python {}!" .format(firstname))
print("Have a great day {}!".format(first_name))

Steven Parker · Accepted Answer

You can only combine complete comparison expressions using logic operators (such as "or").  And there are also other tests you can use in this situation:
```python
elif firstname == "bre" or "Bre"                # incomplete, will always be "truthy"
elif firstname == "bre" or firstname == "Bre"  # combining complete expressions works
elif firstname in ["bre", "Bre"]                # a more compact way to test for two values
elif first_name.lower() == "bre"                 # or do a case-insensitive comparison

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